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| Moderate alcohol consumption in older adults is associated with better cognition and well-being than abstinence | | Author(s) | Iain Lang, Robert B Wallace, Felicia A Huppert |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 36, no 3, May 2007 |
| Pages | pp 256-261 |
| Source | http://www.ageing.oupjournals.org |
| Keywords | Alcoholic beverages ; Cognitive processes ; Well being ; Middle aged ; Age groups [elderly] ; Correlation ; England. |
| Annotation | There is evidence of a U-shaped association between alcohol consumption and physical health outcomes in older people, such that moderate drinking is associated with better outcomes than abstinence or heavy drinking. Whether moderate drinking in older people is associated with better cognition and mental health than non-drinking has not been explored. The relationship between drinking and cognitive health was assessed for 6,500 individuals aged 50+ who participated in Wave 1 of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) and who were not problem drinkers. Cognitive function, subjective well-being and depressive symptoms were examined; and the risks associated with having never drunk alcohol, having quit drinking, and drinking at <1, <2 and >2 drinks per day were compared. For both men and women, better cognition and subjective well-being, and fewer depressive symptoms were associated with moderate levels of alcohol consumption than with never having drunk any. In middle-aged and older men and women, moderate levels of alcohol consumption are associated with better cognitive health than abstinence. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070521211 A |
| Classmark | YPP: DA: D:F:5HH: SE: BB: 49: 82 |
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